NECESSITY,
FUNCTION, AND CONFORMITY: KRS 216B.042 and 216B.105 mandate that the Kentucky
Cabinet for Human Resources regulate health facilities and health services.
This administrative regulation provides for a licensure requirement for the
services to be provided by hospitals.

Section 1.
Definition - Hospitals, General. Establishments with organized medical staffs
with permanent facilities that include inpatient beds and medical services,
including physician services and continuous nursing services, to provide
diagnosis and treatment for patients who have a variety of medical conditions,
both surgical and nonsurgical.

(d) Informing
the victim of available services for treatment of venereal disease, pregnancy,
and other medical and psychiatric problems.

(3) The
hospital shall, upon the examination of a reported victim and the consent of
the reported victim, submit to the Office of the Attorney General a completed
examination verification form supplied by the Office of the Attorney General
which includes the following:

(a) Physician
signature attesting to the performance of the examination and collection of
evidence;

(b) Hospital
verification that appropriate law enforcement agencies have been notified of
the reported sexual offense; and